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What a Joke – President Obama Receives Nobel Peace Prize
Further proof that international support for the Obama administration (and Obama himself) is based on image, not substance – which would fit this administrations agenda just fine, as Obama has done little more than spout rhetoric and look good...
Is Obama a Liar – President Obama’s Address to Congress
Charles Krauthammer, over at the Washington Post examines the rather dubious claims of President Obama in relation to his universal health-care crusade: Obama doesn’t lie. He merely elides, gliding from one dubious assertion to another. This ha...
Obama: Petty Political Payoffs Good, Trade… Not So
Well, it appears that Barack Obama cares more about playing politics than helping the American people. In the middle of a recession, he has decided to reward unions at the expense of those who cannot afford expensive U.S.-made tires. Come September...
Obama Cuts Deal with US PhRMA – Supportive Ads and 80 Billion Taxpayer Dollars
John, at Powerline, points out an interesting exchange between Wolf Blitzer and Obama spokeswoman Linda Douglass BLITZER: Did the White House make a secret deal with PhRMA, the pharmaceutical lobby here in Washington, that would limit how much cost r...
Who Looks Better as the Villain – Obama or Bush?
I guess it depends on your perspective…...
Despite Struggling Economy, Parties Still Raking in $$$
After last year’s record-setting $5 billion dollar election cycle in the United States, we should probably not be surprised by just how freely money continues to flow from individuals and corporations into the hands of politicians, either direc...
The Catholic Court
When (not if) Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed as the 111th justice of the United States Supreme Court, she will become the sixth Catholic to sit on the current nine-member court. I am surprised that we have not heard much about this immensely significan...
President Obama - We Share Common Principles with Islam…
Obama speaking at a seat of Islamic learning: “America and Islam are not exclusive,” he said, “and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of ...
Barack Hussein Obama: The USA is “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.”
What country does Obama think he’s the President of? It is important to note that “if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world”. Huh? Perhaps he’s bankin...
